> Check out the functions here, particularly under Filtering: > http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing
thx. i am aware of those methods but can't see how i can "add this, delete that" element from a jQuery object using those. i gather that underlyingly jQuery is using some sort of Array object to manage its collections, so maybe it would be easiest to manipulate that object. however, i can't find it in the source. does anyone have a clue how to uncover it? _wolf